NELSON, Tilda / Hilda (Turgeson)1855-1910

NELSON, TURGESON

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Date: 9/3/2012 at 10:22:24

Obituary
Miss Tilda Turgeson was born in Naudsta, Norway April 21, 1855. She came to this country in 1882, and was married to Christian Nelson in August 1883. She died Jan. 18, 1910, at her home in Franklin township, Allamakee county, Iowa. She leaves a husband and nine children - seven boys and two girls - to mourn her loss. She was a member of the Clermont Norwegian Lutheran church, from which the funeral was held at three o'clock today. Interment in the Clermont church cemetery. The sympathy of all is with those bereft of a kind wife and mother.

~Postville Review, Friday, January 21, 1910

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Card of Thanks
The undersigned hereby extend their heartfelt thanks to the neighbors and friends for their many kindly acts and words of sympathy after the death and during the burial of our beloved wife and mother.
Christian Nelson and Children

~Postville Review, Friday, January 28, 1910

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Transcriber's note: she is buried in the East Clermont Lutheran Church cemetery, Grand Meadow twp., Clayton county, IA. Although the newspaper named her as 'Tilda', inscribed on her gravestone is "Hilda Nelson, wife of Christian Nelson; Apr. 21, 1855-Jan 18, 1910"